Lou Mongello is a former attorney turned Disney enthusiast, founder of WDWRadio.com Disney podcast in 2005 (named Best Travel Podcast 9 consecutive years), author, speaker, and business coach at LouMongello.com.
👨🎨 Designing Disney, Festival Recap & Special Event!
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Your Guide to Disney Parks & ExperiencesHello, and Happy Wednesday, my friend! I hope you're having a fantastic week! This week, we’re diving deep into the magic of Designing Disney - the Imagineers, attractions, and stories that make the parks so special! We also wrap up the EPCOT International Festival of the Arts with some artists that made their own designs on all things Disney. 🎧 Designing Disney with Former Imagineer Jason Surrell: This week in WDW Radio #819, I sit down with Jason Surrell to discuss the art of designing Disney’s most iconic attractions. ✨ From Jungle Cruise skipper to legendary Imagineer—discover Jason's journey and the behind-the-scenes stories and secrets about Disney’s most iconic attractions including The Haunted Mansion, Pirates of the Caribbean, and much more in this week’s show! 🎧Listen on Apple Podcasts or Spotify! 🚢 Ready to set sail on a well-"designed" adventure? Join us on an upcoming WDW Radio Group Cruise or Adventure as we travel the world and experience the magic together! 🌎 🎨 Check out these exclusive looks at some the talented artists that helped bring the EPCOT International Festival of the Arts to life! 🔴 Join me for tonight’s WDW Radio LIVE show at 7:30pm ET on Facebook and YouTube. We’ll chat about Imagineering, designing Disney, your questions, and anything YOU want to discuss! 👟 Join the WDW Radio family for the 18th Annual Walk for Wishes! 🚶♂️✨ On Thursday, March 27, 2025 at 5:00pm, at Lake Eola in Orlando, we’ll walk a mile together to help grant life-changing wishes for kids with critical illnesses! Plus, enjoy FREE food, entertainment, and fireworks! 🎆🎶🍽 Join the WDW Radio Walking Team and walk with us in person or virtually and be part of something truly magical! 💙 Sign up now at WDWRadio.com/WalkForWishes25 and grab your official WDW Radio Walking Team shirt (and save SAVE 15%!) today! 👕 Speaking of shirts... Have you checked out the WDW Radio MERCH STORE? Now’s the perfect time! Get 15% OFF all official WDW Radio gear—shirts, hats, hoodies, mugs, and more—when you use code FEB15 at checkout! But hurry… this offer disappears Sunday! 🔥🎉 💿 Have you dowloaded my Audio Guides to Walt Disney World yet?! These are my guided, binaural walking tours that I'm now releasing as a FREE podcast! Subscribe, rate, and review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify (and please share it with a friend... or two!). Every great Disney experience starts with a dream, a vision, and a little bit of Imagineering - and that’s exactly what makes this community so special. Whether we’re designing our next adventure, sketching out magical memories, or building friendships that last a lifetime, I’m so grateful to have you along for the journey! I can’t wait to blueprint more magic together on tonight’s LIVE show—hope to see you there! Until next time, keep dreaming, keep creating, and always Choose the Good. 💙 See ya real soon! P.S. Are we connected on LinkedIn? Join me there... good stuff coming soon! 😉 |
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Lou Mongello is a former attorney turned Disney enthusiast, founder of WDWRadio.com Disney podcast in 2005 (named Best Travel Podcast 9 consecutive years), author, speaker, and business coach at LouMongello.com.
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